Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

I pinched the stuff sack off an old sleeping bag (vango 100 i think) which is fleece lined , serves a double purpose as the stuff sack for my down bag and inside out stuff with a down jacket in it as a pillow.

Cheap, light, small packsize, works fine.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/air-basic-pi­llow-grey-id_8055369.html

I would agree on the cheap, light and small packsize. My experience has been that it not stay in place and it slides all over the place. Not good if you move around a lot and are a side sleeper.

Drybags for putting my stuff into inside my Apidura. What do I need? Normally a plastic bag kind of guy.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Exped-Ultralight-Air-Pillow-Medium-Inflatable-camping-travel-pillow/232842205216?hash=item36367a1820:g:4nIAAOSw~jpbQ7yd

get a spoon, not a spork.
the fork end of a spork is a fucking joke

get one in titanium, the plastic ones bend and melt and snap far too easily

this would be my choice, long handle so you can get down inside a packet of whatever
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TOAKS-Titanium-Long-Handle-Spoon/dp/B00EZHML88?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffab-uk-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00EZHML88

I used the light my fire one for nearly a year in a van. Was ok for stabbing and scooping food. Never used serrated bit.

The alpkit/snowpeak style ones are only good for scooping, prongs too short to pick up stuff.

small stuff - ziploc bags or freezer bags
big stuff - proper dry bag, but lightweight. I like the exped ul dry bags

Good idea. I'm more likely to be buying big packets of stuff. #hippyisfat

I like to get to the bottom of ainsley's couscous

get one in titanium, the plastic ones bend and melt and snap far too easily

Agree with this, mine snapped as did all my friends's. Reminds me I need to replace it actually.

If you're a wizard you can buy titanium chopsticks, probably the most packable and lightest option. But harder to eat with if you're an oaf like me. Would take me months to eat a packet of rice.

These packets - are you just sitting them in hot water for a bit?

I'll probably just end up eating 50x 7 Day croissants and 100x ice creams again.

This is for racing, not sitting around a camp fire talking about the sick air I got or the sunset :P

Some people are rapid with chopsticks!

Maybe with a bowl of rice but good luck grabbing pears out of a tin or something. Anyway, if it looks like I'm losing to a chopsticker I'll just upend the whole packet/tin/box into my mouth.
The spork is basically so I can eat running food without having to use my fingers or pour it out. It's just a little cleaner and some packets are a ballache to eat straight from.

that couscous one, you just pour like 200ml of hot water in and eat it out the packet

I use snapwire foon for my grub it works fine for me. I don't eat stabby stuff tho.

I have found that sporks are poor compromises.
Get one of each if you really need the tines, especially if you're willing to lug canned (!) goods around.

Sea to summit ultra sil or as said above sandwich bags, but trying to not use plastic if possible now (impossible).

I think the spoon is probably what I'm after. The double-ended pannier.cc one might solve the spoon/fork issue.

I keep ziplocks bags from audaxes and packaging and resuse them for this purpose.

Also used S2S ultrasil bags and they've been good.

Double ended spoon/fork will defeat the "little cleaner" aspect of eating.

Why? I'm not going to use both ends in the same food at the same time.

https://snowpeak.com/collections/cutlery/products/wabuki-chopsticks-sct-111?variant=671150477

These were a gift to myself when I lived in Japan. would however be difficult to eat yogurt with them, which seems to be a go to when I'm out cycling.

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Ive got one of these, seems a good balance for a spork and cheap cheap.

https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/p/lifeventure-l-vent-titanium-forkspoon-D3422022.html?channable=e44345.MzA5MTJfMTgw&colour=180&gclid=CjwKCAjwspHaBRBFEiwA0eM3kXNdm1XF8VJ8gHq67FIa9Wez_YD2wMdEpRSxb6bKeU3DCt8gJAi7BBoCHEQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds